A worker at the art store puts 280 paint brushes in 8 bins. Each bin has the same number of brushes. How many paint brushes are in each bin?
35
100
Four friends bought a tent for $244 and sleeping bags for $276. If they share the cost equally, how much will each friend pay?
$244 + $276 = 520; $520 ÷ 4 = $130; $130
100
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4 l 1764
(estimate dividend)
1,600 ÷ 4 = 400
100
____
3 l 470
156 R2
100
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6 l 744
124
200
There are 8 stickers in each package. If there are a total of 944 stickers, how many packages of stickers are there?
118
200
Dasha has 149 balloons to put in party bags. She puts 3 balloons in each bag. How many bags Dasha needs, and how many balloons will be left over?
149 ÷ 3 is 49 R2; 49 bags; 2 balloons left over
200
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6 l 3,128
(estimate dividend)
3,000 ÷ 6 = 500
200
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5 l 9,189
1,837 R4
200
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9 l 926
102 R8
300
Luke has 86 blue marbles and 45 orange marbles. He shares the marbles equally among himself and 2 friends. He keeps the leftover marbles for himself. How many marbles does Luke has?
86 + 45 = 131; 131 ÷ 3 is 43 R2; 45 marbles
300
A shop manager orders 32 boxes of scented candles. Each box contains 48 candles. How many candles the shop manager orders in all?
32 × 48 = 1,536; 1,536 candles
300
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether the quotient makes sense.
__52 R4
7 l 368
Possible answer: The quotient makes sense because 350 ÷ 7 = 50.
300
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2 l 5,752
2,876
300
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8 l 8,344
1,043
400
There are 98 boxes of pencils at the store. There are 29 more boxes of chalk than pencils. There are 6 times as many boxes of crayons as chalk. How many boxes of crayons are there?
Some hobby store workers are shipping 187 boxes of model cars and 243 boxes of model airplanes. They ship 8 boxes of models in each carton. What is the least number of cartons they will need?
187 + 243 = 430; 430 ÷ 8 is 53 R6; 54 cartons
400
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether the quotient makes sense.
__47 R1
5 l 236
The quotient makes sense because 240 ÷ 5 = 48.
400
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7 l 7,433
1,061 R6
400
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3 l 470
156 R2
500
A game store manager receives 520 computer games. The manager puts 28 games in a rack at the front of the store. He arranges the rest equally on 6 shelves. How many games are on each shelf?
520 − 28 = 492; 492 ÷ 6 = 82; 82 games
500
Shannon read 28 pages in a novel. Lee read 29 more pages than Shannon. Evan read 3 times as many pages as Lee. How many pages did Evan read?
28 + 29 = 57; 3 × 57 = 171; 171 pages
500
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether the quotient makes sense.
___421
6 l 2,526